Landscape & Ground Maintenance Technician

SUMMARY: The Seasonal Landscape and Grounds Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing routine landscaping, groundskeeping, and exterior maintenance tasks to ensure a clean, safe, and attractive environment. This position plays a vital role in maintaining the overall appearance and usability of outdoor spaces during peak growing and activity seasons. Seasonal employment typically from May to September; hours may vary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain lawns, gardens, flower beds, trees, shrubs, and other landscape features through mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, mulching, fertilizing, and pruning.
• Operate landscaping tools and equipment such as lawn mowers, weed trimmers, blowers, hedge trimmers, and irrigation systems.
• Perform general grounds maintenance including litter removal, snow removal, sidewalk sweeping, and upkeep of walkways, parking lots, and common areas.
• Assist in planting and seasonal changes to landscape designs (spring/summer planting, fall clean-up, etc.).
• Set up and take down outdoor equipment, signage, or furniture as needed for events or maintenance projects.
• Performs routine cleaning and maintenance on gardening and grounds equipment.
• Monitor and report any safety hazards or maintenance needs (e.g., damaged walkways, broken irrigation lines, pest infestations).
• Follow all safety guidelines and use appropriate protective equipment when performing tasks.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High School Graduate or GED preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Prior experience in landscaping, grounds maintenance, or outdoor labor preferred.
• Ability to safely operate hand and power tools, lawn care equipment, and small machinery.
• Comfortable working outdoors in varying weather conditions and performing physically demanding work (lifting, bending, standing, walking).
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow instructions with minimal supervision.
• Reliable, punctual, and team-oriented.
• Valid driver’s license may be required depending on position and responsibilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and use hands and fingers to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and walk on uneven terrain. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to noisy.